diff --git a/launch_system_modes/package.xml b/launch_system_modes/package.xml
index cdfd04c..53a6101 100644
--- a/launch_system_modes/package.xml
+++ b/launch_system_modes/package.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
   <depend>system_modes_msgs</depend>
   <depend>osrf_pycommon</depend>
   <depend>rclpy</depend>
-  <depend>python3-importlib-metadata</depend>
   <depend>python3-yaml</depend>
 
   <test_depend>ament_copyright</test_depend>